Post by Admin on Aug 8, 2015 9:40:37 GMT
Over the years we have found many funny and rather charming ways people have tried to be removed from our blacklist. Some have been very inventive, whilst others have been rather boring and ill conceived. When you get blacklisted it is usually an Administrator of the servers that see a misdemeanor. They usually contact the perpetrator via chat and if their behaviour does not change then they are removed from the track and placed on our Blacklist. It would be a very useful tool if administrator were able to Kick instead of Blacklist some racers, but that option is not open to us thus far with the server software available to us.
So we come to those weary souls that arrive at our forum dishearten and creased of brow. Our sad server warriors that have found themselves in purgatory, ousted from the servers and vanquished from the land of ALOOG. Each one a sad soul, shadows of what once were brave racers. After finding the home of ALOOG, some think it only fair to try to hide their guilt, try to push their naughty behaviour onto others that cannot reply in their own defense. They blame their younger siblings, 'My Brother was on my Steam causing me to be banned' is a favourite of the blacklisted warrior.
We have heard them all:-
'I had my friends round last night, we all got drunk and one of them must have caused me to be Blacklisted'
'My Dog jumped up and pulled the USB out of my PC causing me to wreck and cut the track'
'What do Blue Flags mean?'
'Well I was not getting a cut warning, so thought it was okay to cut corners and chicanes'
'Someone came to the door so I parked the car at the top of Eau Rouge and was surprised to see that it had rolled backwards and wrecked the leaders'
'I bought Assetto Corsa today, this is the first time I have ever played online'
'So and So wrecked me so I parked up and waited so I could pay him back in kind'
'I did not know it was a Race!'
'I cannot remember what happened but I am a clean and safe driver and would never cause a problem on track'
The list goes on and on, but one thing shines through. The inability to take responsibility for the actions that caused the blacklisting. If you let anyone on your Steam account they can cause you a lot more trouble than a Blacklist from ALOOG. If the person using your account does anything fraudulent, cheats or something deemed inappropriate behaviour on your Steam account, you can have your account frozen, you can be banned from using that game again online, you can have your entire Steam account removed for serious infractions. Think of Steam as your bank account, would you let anyone have the PIN to your card, would you let a drunk friend drive your partner home in your car, would you let a child jump behind the wheel on the road? No you would not, so why would you visit such on a server full of people wanting to enjoy a bit of clean and respectful racing?
All we ask is be honest, we know dodo hits the fan, we understand sometimes our emotions get the better of us. But you must take responsibility for your actions. If you live in a house with multiple people make sure to use a strong password on your OS and Steam. Make sure you exit Steam and need to input a password to get online. Security is not a dirty word and will stop quite a few of the 'My Brother did it' excuses. As for letting friends drive online, that is your problem and is a mark on your card, YOUR ACCOUNT, YOUR PROBLEM! So please, we are not as green as we are cabbage looking, please desist with the BSE (Blame Someone Else), we have heard them all and can see through BS as fast as it can be typed. It will be a shame to miss out on some of the excuses as some are very inventive, but we are an simple lot and prefer truth and honesty.
So we come to those weary souls that arrive at our forum dishearten and creased of brow. Our sad server warriors that have found themselves in purgatory, ousted from the servers and vanquished from the land of ALOOG. Each one a sad soul, shadows of what once were brave racers. After finding the home of ALOOG, some think it only fair to try to hide their guilt, try to push their naughty behaviour onto others that cannot reply in their own defense. They blame their younger siblings, 'My Brother was on my Steam causing me to be banned' is a favourite of the blacklisted warrior.
We have heard them all:-
'I had my friends round last night, we all got drunk and one of them must have caused me to be Blacklisted'
'My Dog jumped up and pulled the USB out of my PC causing me to wreck and cut the track'
'What do Blue Flags mean?'
'Well I was not getting a cut warning, so thought it was okay to cut corners and chicanes'
'Someone came to the door so I parked the car at the top of Eau Rouge and was surprised to see that it had rolled backwards and wrecked the leaders'
'I bought Assetto Corsa today, this is the first time I have ever played online'
'So and So wrecked me so I parked up and waited so I could pay him back in kind'
'I did not know it was a Race!'
'I cannot remember what happened but I am a clean and safe driver and would never cause a problem on track'
The list goes on and on, but one thing shines through. The inability to take responsibility for the actions that caused the blacklisting. If you let anyone on your Steam account they can cause you a lot more trouble than a Blacklist from ALOOG. If the person using your account does anything fraudulent, cheats or something deemed inappropriate behaviour on your Steam account, you can have your account frozen, you can be banned from using that game again online, you can have your entire Steam account removed for serious infractions. Think of Steam as your bank account, would you let anyone have the PIN to your card, would you let a drunk friend drive your partner home in your car, would you let a child jump behind the wheel on the road? No you would not, so why would you visit such on a server full of people wanting to enjoy a bit of clean and respectful racing?
All we ask is be honest, we know dodo hits the fan, we understand sometimes our emotions get the better of us. But you must take responsibility for your actions. If you live in a house with multiple people make sure to use a strong password on your OS and Steam. Make sure you exit Steam and need to input a password to get online. Security is not a dirty word and will stop quite a few of the 'My Brother did it' excuses. As for letting friends drive online, that is your problem and is a mark on your card, YOUR ACCOUNT, YOUR PROBLEM! So please, we are not as green as we are cabbage looking, please desist with the BSE (Blame Someone Else), we have heard them all and can see through BS as fast as it can be typed. It will be a shame to miss out on some of the excuses as some are very inventive, but we are an simple lot and prefer truth and honesty.